Method
Method noun - The means or procedure for doing something.
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Synonyms for Method
Withholding and method are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Withholding" instead a noun "Method".
Withholding
Withholding noun - The act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control.
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Synonyms for Withholding
Method and withholding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Method" instead a noun "Withholding".
Nearby Word: withhold
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- Doctor Doom apparently has a good method of treating burn victims, which he's withholding because he's ... well ... Doom.
Source: Withholding the Cure -
Lysistrata Gambit: According to some interpretations, Petruchio giving Kate a "sermon of continency (abstinence)" on their wedding night is a gender-reversed example of this, just as much a taming method as withholding food and sleep.
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Overlaps with The Perry Mason Method in that in a lot of cases the witness Phoenix or Apollo accuses is the real killer (or an accomplice, or tampered with the crime scene, or is withholding crucial testimony), but there's also a lot of subverts.
Source: Accuse the Witness
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